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Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

Towhook — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:23:09 EDT

@SundaySunday:
Congrats?

Towhook

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

MOPAR-MAN — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:06:31 EDT

Should have ran it at the dragstrip. That sucker LAUNCHED!

MOPAR-MAN

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

13thfloorelevator — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:32:13 EDT

I liked it. It's the kind of thing I listen to when I go to sleep. Anyone know what it is?

13thfloorelevator

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

grzydj — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:47:59 EDT

I really could have done without the horrible background music. Ugh.

grzydj

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

edJones — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:27:10 EDT

I remember seeing this on That's Incredible! when I was a youngster.

I don't recall my reaction then - but seeing it again, when that fantastic Malaise Missile clears the ramp and all the bodywork is torn off like God just fired up his leaf blower, well, I laughed my ass off!

And didn't really stop chuckling about it until the next day...

John Davidson is still going strong by the way - [www.johndavidson.com]

edJones

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

PMDGTO — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:42:46 EDT

Man, it's a good thing he had those stabilizers.

PMDGTO

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

markov - type gna(R) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:43:28 EDT

You Imbeciles! It needs zee vings to fly to Ahhmerrika!

markov - type gna(R)

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

MadHungarian — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:42:03 EDT

It's not a '79 Continental. It's a 1974-76 Mark IV. Which is an equally dumb thing to turn into a missile. The amount of sheet metal that came off the car the moment it became airborne is astounding. Of course, it also looks like there was very little actual Mark IV under the skin; who knows how well the body panels were attached to the different structure. And, maybe some of the panels were fiberglass replicas? Note how the drivers door looks like it cleanly sheared off a bit more than halfway back, without bending.

MadHungarian

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

Froggmann — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:14:32 EDT

@Uncle_Bo:

The race track jump was almost equally stupid, just feet away from all the people standing in the pits.

No, that's just the way it was then. Lawyers hadn't figured out how to chase ambulences yet.

Froggmann

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

Froggmann — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:11:54 EDT

@Mad_Science:

Still blows my mind that they though the Lincoln would fly.

I don't think they expected it to fly just fall gracefully.

It failed...

Froggmann

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

BuddyHinton — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:09:00 EDT

Wuts with all the parachutes ruining these massive jump attempts? Same thing happened to Evel Kneivel's Snake River Canyon Jump. No more parachutes!!!

BuddyHinton

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

nosirrahg — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:44:33 EDT

@UDMan: "With God as my witness, I thought Lincolns could fly."

nosirrahg

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

boognish — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:43:55 EDT

What made him think something shaped like the Parthenon, and nearly as heavy, would make for a good projectile? Did Lincoln sponsor this? Looks like he might have gone a good bit farther if he just duct-taped the gaps, and balasted the car properly. Those lil wings ripped off the car the second it went airborne. At first i thought he was brilliant, and this would be used to adjust the angle of the car as it soared through the air. Then i realized this guy is just a Canadian retard.

boognish

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

NovaloadMissesPolar — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:43:53 EDT

Ya gotta love that takeoff, though. With a few mods, you'd have a hell of a theme park ride here. Acme theme.
Paging Wile E. Coyote. Mr. Coyote, your ride is here.

NovaloadMissesPolar

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

st3ph3n — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:43:52 EDT

Ken Carter was a legend. How he completed any of his stunts is a complete mystery as they appear to have been developed on a single napkin in a bar whilst drunk.

I doubt they took any measurements at all, never mind applied general physics to the situation

st3ph3n

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

George W. Braff — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:40:29 EDT

@DoctorNine:

My dachshund doesn't understand the mechanics...

George W. Braff

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

DoctorNine — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:23:21 EDT

@Corvette_Thunder: My bet, is that since the bottom of the engine bay is wide open, and that year, the panels were just held on by a few bolts, the air pressure on the underside of the vehicle as it fell sheered the sheet metal around the bolts. Normally, next to the asphalt, there would be low pressure there, not high.

He had the thrust, but absolutely no concept of aerodynamics.

Kind of like a little stud weiner dog trying to mount a great dane bitch. The enthusiasm is commendable, but predictably nonproductive.

DoctorNine

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

UDMan — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:21:04 EDT

@nosirrahg: Great, a WKRP in Cincinnati reference... Good One.

UDMan

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

nosirrahg — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:02:46 EDT

This has Herb Tarlek written all over it.

nosirrahg

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

George W. Braff — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:57:11 EDT

@SundaySunday: HA... my father rented that for a few friends and I, back in high school... he got a few angry calls from some loser parents...

waaah... my kid just watched someone get hit by a train right into a camera... waah...

George W. Braff

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

Uncle Bo, ironically aestheticized — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:46:24 EDT

Damn, that truck hit the landing ramp right at the bottom of the A pillar, pretty much at the top 1/2 of the steering wheel, or right square in the mouth.

The race track jump was almost equally stupid, just feet away from all the people standing in the pits. Clear that wall and a whole bunch of people are gonna be taken out. Looks like that jump was done at the old Ontario Motor Speedway, very close to the current California Speedway.

The rocket car jump defies my wertsmithing abilities.

Uncle Bo, ironically aestheticized

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

SundaySunday — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:42:38 EDT

@workingonyourinvoice: @Ω βгåғғ™ ۞: I recognize the video that this came from. It was part of the Faces of Death video series. So in answer to the results of the truck jump, it ended about as bad as you can imagine.

The moron in the Lincoln did escape, though. He had a hatch constructed in the roof.

SundaySunday

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

boosted-lego-wagon — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:37:01 EDT

This is what happens when Medical Insurance is free.

boosted-lego-wagon

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

George W. Braff — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:17:12 EDT

@terraform: @terraform: ... Deja Vu means there has been a glitch in the Matrix...

George W. Braff

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

terraform — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:12:16 EDT

Gawker websites, you kill me.

terraform

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

terraform — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:11:48 EDT

@Mad_Science: Yup. And the general lee was loaded to the gills with sandbags to keep those jumps looking legit, too.

terraform

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

terraform — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:09:38 EDT

@Mad_Science: Yup. If I remember correctly, they had to load up the trunk of the general lee with a crazy amount of sand bags to keep those jumps looking legit.

terraform

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

Mad_Science — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:07:13 EDT

@terraform: Ah...details.

Yeah, it takes a lot to make a car jump flat. You'll notice Baja trucks do their best to set the motor farther back (some are mid-engine), or at least throw as much weight as far back as possible.

Mad_Science

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

terraform — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:04:47 EDT

@Mad_Science:
I'm assuming he's talking about the truck jumps... the nose of the rocket doesn't head downward until it's in pieces.

terraform

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

George W. Braff — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:00:55 EDT

@terraform: nice work... one of the few comments that made me literally laugh out loud..

George W. Braff

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

Mad_Science — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:00:26 EDT

@terraform: Except this one probably did't have a motor up front.

(rocket car = rocket in the back)

Mad_Science

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

terraform — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:57:40 EDT

@Sth002000: Yea, it's called a motor.

terraform

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

drunkcanuck — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:55:04 EDT

Damn, he must have lost a couple chicklets during the one crash that lands him into the back of the ramp.. it looked like it went right throw the windsheild.

It's amazing the courage when you get a couple Labatt Blues in ya.

drunkcanuck

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

George W. Braff — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:44:53 EDT

@Corvette_Thunder: I think... and dont quote me as I am also no engineer or physicist either... that it was due to the fact that he was going One Hundred Million Miles per Hour...

George W. Braff

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

Mad_Science — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:44:29 EDT

I think I prefer the surreal soundtrack to the hyper-dramatic tone of the original broadcast.

Still blows my mind that they though the Lincoln would fly.

For all the effort that went into putting a rocket into it and building a massive ramp, you'd think someone would've at least done a little testing.

Although the attached winglets suggest there was an aerodynamics assignee...unfortunately it was a 12 year old.

Mad_Science

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

Rock517 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:36:53 EDT

1:43 - LOL. What an HDH. Huge Dildo Hoon.

Rock517

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

workingonyourinvoice — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:34:00 EDT

@CEman: The truck, maybe. His face, not so much...

workingonyourinvoice

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

Corvette_Thunder — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:33:48 EDT

Im not a physics major, so could someone explain why each time the Lincoln seemed to disintegrate in mid air? Was it designed to do that or what?

Corvette_Thunder

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

Elhigh — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:32:15 EDT

Those little stubby wings ripped right off. What held them on, pop-rivets? I could do better with plywood and epoxy.

Elhigh

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

CEman — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:31:04 EDT

"Darwinism at its finest."
@FLB:

Damn straight. He got passed Mr. Darwins waiting room on that one.

CEman

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

CEman — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:27:11 EDT

@workingonyourinvoice:
"That'll buff right out"

I was most intrigued by the sudden amount of lift shown at booster flame out. One may want a bit more wing next time... Oh, Never Mind.....

CEman

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

racerx — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:25:37 EDT

Dear lord those first 2 crashes were brutal.

racerx

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

OldeEnglishD misses Polar — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:18:55 EDT

And much like Icarus before it, the Lincoln flew too close to the sun and was thus destroyed.....

OldeEnglishD misses Polar

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

Mike the Dog — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:16:42 EDT

When someone asks what "epic hoonage" is, I'll have to show them this video.

Mike the Dog

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

Sth002000 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:15:59 EDT

How come these flying cars always look so nose-heavy? It's like there is something way heavy in the front and nothing to balance it out in the back.

Sth002000

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

George W. Braff — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:11:54 EDT

@workingonyourinvoice: Exactly what I am wondering...

George W. Braff

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

workingonyourinvoice — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:10:13 EDT

So what about the guy who got the landing ramp in his face? How did that one turn out?

workingonyourinvoice

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

Dr.Danger and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:09:34 EDT

Fizicks are hard.

Dr.Danger and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

Mysterious Utility Bento — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:08:40 EDT

Can we get a Jalop screening of "Devil at your Heels" anytime soon??

Mysterious Utility Bento

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

graverobber- It says Loud Pipes Save Lives — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:07:21 EDT

Nobody ever says anything about what happened to the 6 illegal aliens stuffed in the trunk.

graverobber- It says Loud Pipes Save Lives

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

VonPinto — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:06:40 EDT

Huh...
I had seen this video before, but had always thought that it was a cleverly cgi'd video...

Nuckin' Futs...

VonPinto

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

FLB — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:04:16 EDT

At the risk of upsetting my fellow Jalops and Canucks...

Darwinism at its finest.

FLB

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

MaxSmart32 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:01:50 EDT

I'm speechless. Who in their right mind would think a 1979 Continental would make a good flying object? Now you know...the rest of the story.

MaxSmart32

Classic Hoon Of The Day: The Greatest Jump Ken Carter Never Made

Mysterious Utility Bento — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:00:31 EDT

A Lincoln??? Wasn't there anything more aerodynamic back in 79???? Maybe a 77 Monza or Sumtin??

Mysterious Utility Bento